BIRDS. RAPACIOUS. Falcons." 513 



and the tall are dufky, the latter being marked on both webs, and the former only on the inner webs 

 with oval nifty fpots ; there is a white line over each eye. In the female, the fpots on the tail and 

 wings are whiter than on the male. 



552 -/3. White Lanner. — Falco Lanarlus albicans. 



The cere and legs are yellow; the under parts of the body are whithh ; the wing quills 

 are blackilh. 



F. albicans. Syft. nat. ed. Gm. i. 276. h. 102. Lath. ind. orn. i. 38. n. 93. — Lanarius albicans. 

 BrifT. orn. 107. n. 18. Aldr. orn. i. 380. f. p. 181. — White Lanner. Lath. fyn. i. 87. n. 73. 



153 y. Spot- tailed Lanner. — Falco Lanarius celiurus. 



The two middle tail quills are grey, the reft being fpotted with white. Syft. nat. ed. 

 Gmel. i. 276. n. 102. p. Aldr. orn. i. 380. f. p. 183. 



Inhabits Europe. — Thefe two varieties are placed as a diftinct fpecies by Dr Gmelin, though he at 

 the- fame time expreffes his belief that they do not eflentially differ from the Common Lanner. 



$54 $$. Blue Hawk. — 93. Falco cyaneus. 10. 



The cere is white ; the legs are tawny ; the body is of a hoary blue colour ; over each 

 eye is a white arched line, which likewife furrounds the chin. 



F. cyaneus, mas. Lath. ind. orn. i. 39. n. 94. — Lanarius cinereus. Brill*, orn. 106. n. 17. — Oi- 

 feau S. Martin. Buff. oif. i. 212. PI. enl. n. 459. — Blue Hawk. Edw. av. v. 33. t. 225.- — Hen- 

 harrier. Brit. zool. n. 58. t. 28. Lewin, brit. b. i. t. 18. Hayes, brit. b. t. 1. Will. orn. 72. Al- 

 bin, ii. t. 5. Lath. fyn. i. 88. n. 74. fup. 22. — Grau-weifle Geyer. Frifch. av. t. 79. 80. 



Inhabits Europe and Africa. — This fpecies is frequently found in Britain on heathy and marfhy 

 moors; it is about feventeen inches long, weighing about twelve ounces, and the wings meafiare three 

 feet two inches between their tips, when extended ; it preys oh fmall birds and lizards, and is de- 

 ftruccive to poultry : The bill is black, and the cere, which is ufually white, is fometimes yellow ; the 

 hides are yellow ; the hind head is white, with pale brown fpots ; the breaft and belly are white, 

 'the former being ftreaked with dufky ; of the tail quill feathers the two middle ones are grey on 

 both webs, while the reft are grey on their outer and white on their inner webs, and all are ftreaked 

 with dufky. 



j,. 54. Ring-tail Hawk.— 94. Falco pygargus. 11. 



The cere and legs are yellow ; the body is afh coloured, the belly being paler, with ob- 

 long reddilh fpots ; the orbits are white. Scop. an. i. 14. 



F. cyaneus, fern. Lath. ind. orn. i. 39. n. 94. — F. torquatus. BrifT. av. i. 345. — Pygargus, Alb. 

 av. ii. t. 5. and iii. t. 3. Will. orn. t. 7. Raj. av. 17. n. 5. — Subbuteo. Gefh. av. 48. — Soubufe. 

 Buff. oif. i. 215. t. 9. PI. enl. 443. 480. — Ring-tail. Brit. zool. n. 59. Will. orn. 72. Lewin, 

 brit. b. i. t. 18. f. Hayes, brit. b. t. 2. Lath. fyn. i. 89. n. 75. fup. 22. 



Inhabits Europe and the temperate regions of Siberia. — Is about nineteen inches and a half long ; 

 the bill is pale; the hides are yellow; the tail is longiih, is barred with dufky and dotted with white. 



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